Noni- Hoax?

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Does anyone have links on Noni being a hoax?

From the NCAHF (National Council Against Health Fraud) newsletter
TAHITIAN NONI? SAVE YOUR "MONI"($$)!

A Polynesian folk remedy, the plant Morinda citrifolia, is being huckstered as "Tahitian noni," "noni juice," and similar names. Dr. Varro Tyler says that the fruit contains a small amount of volatile oils. He says the plant's leaves, fruit, and bark each are used to treat a wide variety of ailments in the islands, but that there is very little scientific information on safety and efficacy. Most disturbing is that cancer is mentioned in a number of the sources as one of the diseases noni has been tested upon. The literature we were able to obtain shows some interesting biological activity meaning that noni does have potential for both good and ill depending upon how it is used. Noni is being sold by multilevel marketing within a vacuum of definitive information. This means that consumers need to be doubly alert to both financial and health exploitation.

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Doing a simple search for "Noni" using the SEARCH feature on this site returns the following references (hint, hint ... ):

NONI juice!
Tahitian Noni?

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Any more? There have GOT to be more sites disclaiming noni...
Its common sense - its supposed to cure illnesses from a to z, nothing is that good, I'm having a hard time getting those on google.

There are a lot more sites out on the web extolling its virtues than than sites that post warnings, which is why search engines brings up so many sites that praise it. Don't forget, positive sites have a vested interest in getting people to buy noni juice, while sites exposing the claims as fraudulent make no money.

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There are a lot more sites out on the web extolling its virtues than than sites that post warnings, which is why search engines brings up so many sites that praise it. Don't forget, positive sites have a vested interest in getting people to buy noni juice, while sites exposing the claims as fraudulent make no money.

Good advice, but I would add that it is important to know who is backing the site/studies of sites that extoll or sites that "expose". I have run into site that will "expose" something as false, only as a means to discredit the competition and then praise/sell their own product.

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Originally Posted by IronMan

There are a lot more sites out on the web extolling its virtues than than sites that post warnings, which is why search engines brings up so many sites that praise it. Don't forget, positive sites have a vested interest in getting people to buy noni juice, while sites exposing the claims as fraudulent make no money.

And that is exactly why I wanna make a "noni exposed" collection